Footballers were singing for charity back in 1956; here's Tottenham Hotspur players, from left, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower and George Robb practising for the Children's All Nations Cavalcade of Song and Dance, to be held at the Royal Albert Hall

Singing footballers have an even longer and illustrious history, here's trainer Tom Whittaker and members of Arsenal's squad recording their FA Cup final song at Columbia Studios in 1932. The Arsenal song appeared on one side of the record while their opponents Newcastle's appeared on the other

The Brentford team relax by holding an impromptu concert at their hotel in Ramsgate, London, before their cup tie against Chelsea at Griffin Park. Dr O'Flannigan plays the piano, while JW Goodwin, right, and W Quinton provide vocals in 1950

Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough leads his team in singing practice on the coach to Birmingham to record 'We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands' with Paper Lace, which reached No24 in the charts

Rod Hull, with Emu, and Bristol Rovers captain Mike Green during a recording session in London. Emu had been adopted by the then Second Division club and together, made a record entitled 'Bristol Rovers all the Way'

Twelve years later their Scottish counterparts found themselves on the same Top of the Pops stage performing their World Cup song 'We have a Dream'. Actor John Gordon Sinclair, right, joins Jim Leighton and co

Everton's FA Cup finalists do their best Beatles impression as they cross the Abbey Road zebra crossing. The Everton squad spent two days the nearby studios recording their Cup final song called 'Here We Go'

A cardboard cut-out of Rod Stewart completes the line-up when Ally MacLeod, seated left, and members of Scotland's World Cup squad visited a London recording studio in April 1978 to record the backing for their official World Cup song 'Ole Ola', which was to be sung by Rod. From left: Willie Donnachie, Martin Buchan, Joe Jordan, Sandy Jardine, Bruce Rioch (seated), Derek Johnstone, Asa Hartford and John Blackley. The song reached No4 in the hit parade